Johannes Kasinger

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...

Our paper on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia is now out in Nature! 🎉

Huge thanks to Felix Michalik, Seunghun Chung, @pascalge.bsky.social and especially Min Xie (@minxiesci.bsky.social) & Simon Heß (@hesss.org) making the analysis so much fun!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.04.2025 16:41 — 👍 113    🔁 45    💬 4    📌 8

Today, @kasingerj.bsky.social (Tilburg University) presented “The Pass-through of Retail Crime” (w/ @carlhase.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social). Using WA cannabis store data, they find robberies & burglaries drive a 1.8% price hike at victim stores & competitors, comparable to a hidden 1% tax.

24.02.2025 14:45 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The new semester is approaching, and we are thrilled to welcome the speakers for the Econ Spring 2025 Seminar Series in Lugano!

📅 Check out the full schedule below and join us if you're interested: idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...

#USIEcon #econbluesky

24.01.2025 13:43 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Our findings suggest two market regulation strategies to curb obfuscation: A) Enhance price comparability, e.g. via digital tools or limiting complex pricing features; B) Reduce barriers for new, less known competitors. Both lead to more competition & improved consumer welfare.

15.11.2023 09:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our model helps to explain the shift in mobile subscription markets from complex add-on to simpler, fixed pricing schemes. It suggests digital tech lowering info costs of consumers could have prompted this shift, favoring transparent pricing as the dominant firm strategy.

15.11.2023 09:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Key takeaway: In markets with high information costs of consumers & similar firms, obfuscation is optimal for firms, reducing transparency & competition. However, lower info costs or new market entrants can shift the equilibrium towards more transparency and lower prices.

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Title, Authors and Abstract of paper "Obfuscation and Rational inattention"

The main graph of the paper, showing the area where obfuscation equilibria exist, depending on consumers' prior beliefs and information costs

Just out in @J_Ind_Econ (joint with @AljoschaJ): We explore when firms, facing rational inattentive consumers, optimally obfuscate prices, e.g. by hiding fees or choosing complex add-on pricing structures. doi.org/10.1111/joie... 🧵

15.11.2023 09:46 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0

Are e-scooters making our city streets more dangerous? 🛴💥 Our latest research in the European Economic Review studies the impact of shared e-scooter services on urban traffic accidents and the critical role of public policy (joint with @cannoncloud.bsky.social and @hesss.org) #EScooters 👇👇

02.11.2023 14:08 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1